Research: Hannibal (TV Series)

Our next instalment was a suggestion by Neil, the TV series Hannibal. We watched the first episode and I was specifically looking at Tone and the artistic nature of shots i.e. framing

A lot of the shots were incredibly striking. This picturesque nature was then suddenly disrupted, making you feel unsettled.

This another example of disruption. There is a dead body in the middle of the shot but you are distracted from the five figures moving around, the majority of which aren't acknowledging it.

The second thing I noticed was that the camera focuses on only those that are important within a scene/clip. This means the audience are subconsciously focused on what is happening right in front of them.

Here we are supposed to be more concerned with Wills reaction than Jacks, and so Jack is out of focus.

Will and Hannibal and very subtly the man in the back is out of focus.

Alana and Jack during their tracked conversation are kept in focus and everyone around milling around them is out of focus, that way even though they are in a busy environment, our eyes can never wonder from what's right in front of us, what we're meant to be focusing on. 

The tone of the film was very muted, like you are listing to everything with water logged ears, and then things slowly come in and out of understanding

*After we watched the pilot episode of Hannibal we went through our preproduction material to make sure everything was in sync, and reconfirming shots that he may have been unsure of.